A woman was flown from the scene of a head-on crash in Smithfield Township shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Marie Okpych, 55, of East Stroudsburg had to be freed from her vehicle by rescue crews before she was flown by medical helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital with facial and leg injuries.

Okpych was traveling south on Gap View Drive in her Toyota Echo when an oncoming Chrysler 200 failed to negotiate a curve and drifted into the southbound lane, according to state police at Swiftwater.

The Chrysler, driven by Lynne Kathryn Harriton, 60, of Shawnee-on-Delaware, then crashed head-on into Okpych's Toyota. The impact caused the Chrysler to spin 180 degrees and sent the Toyota off into the shoulder. Both cars were seriously damaged.

Harriton was also injured in the crash and taken to Pocono Medical Center.

A cat riding in a carrier in Harriton's car was not harmed in the crash.

Harriton told the Pocono Record later Tuesday, "I looked at the cat, but just for a second, as if I were looking at the radio, and I drifted slightly into the other lane."

Contents from one of the cars was strewn all over the side of the road.

One neighbor, Gary Swartz, who lives on Gap View Drive, said there aren't usually many crashes on the road, which is a rural and has many curves.

However, Swartz said that ever since part of Seven Bridge Road has been closed due to construction, there has been much more traffic on Gap View Drive. He said that he, as a driver, has experienced more "close calls" since traffic on the road has swelled.

Troopers said that a reconstruction team was being called to the scene to try to better ascertain how the incident happened.